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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1856-05-06

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if VOL.IL MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY G, 185G. NO, 25, MT. VERNON REPUBLICAN i . . : niHii .... $2,00 Per Annum, if In Advanoe. I , ADVEUTISINCI' The EruUOi has the largest circulation In the county and U, therefore, the best medium throueh which businessmen can advertise. 'Ad Vertisements will be inserted at the following RATES. i S A 5 -3 3 5 8 a a a a g n to O lanuarei a. ft e. I c.l e. ft c.l. c. etc II 00 1 25 1 75 3 25 3 00(3,50 4,50,6 00 9 sqr's.l 75 8 25 3 25 4 25,5 S5.6.00 6,75'8 00 3 sqr'a.i'3 503 504 50j5 006 OOj7,o6.8,n6 10 4 tqr'j350 4 00 5 00 6 00 7 0 0 8,0q1000 12 1 square changeable monthly, $10;weekly,$15 U column changeable quarterly, 15 column changeable quarterly, in column changeable quarterly, 25 1 column changeable quarterly 40 ETTwelve line in this type, arecounted at aauare. TCTEditorlal notices of advertisements, or calling attention to any enterprise intended to charged for at the rate of 10 cents per line. oenent inamauais or corporations, win oe ID Special notices, before marriages, or taking precedence of regular advertisements, double usual rates. - CTNotices for meetings, charitable societies fire companies. Ac. half price. ID Advertisements displayed inlarge type to be charged one-nan moretnan regular rates. (CrA.ll transient advertisements to he paid in advance, and none will be inserted unless for a definite time mentioned SONG FOR FARMERS BOYS. O, a farmer's boy is a jovial lad, So healthy, bright, and free: In his country home he is ever glad, O, that is the home for me; With a whoop and a haw to his lively team . With the lark abroad is he; With his bread and milk unrobbed of cream O, that is the home for me; O, that is the home for me, For me, for me, for me. In the morning bright he drives away, Ere the morning sun we sec, The lowing herd to tho silver stream, And the pastures green and free, In the summer time to the harvest field, With a cooling drink wo sco Both the farmer boy nnd the farmer girl; O, that is the home for me, O, that is tho homo for me, For me, for me, for me. When tho autumn winds aro sweeping wild tic is gallic ring nuts you sec; For a winter store he will lay them by For his sister, himself and me. To the orchard then he hies away, For lie knows each favorite tree, And ho saves the fruit for a coming friend; O, that is the homo for me, O, that is the home for me, For mc, for mo, for me. When tho winter comes with its driving blast, Then the fnnuers boy's iu glee, - For he loves the snow that is fulling fast, As it's drifting o'er the Ice, And he says to himself, to morrow morn, With my sled and skates I'll be, While tho cattle aro munching their hay nnd their corn; O, thnt is tho home for mc, O, that is the homo for mc, For me, for mc, for me. IiET US TRV TO BE HAPPY. Let us try to be happy! We may, if we will, Find some pleasures in life to o'erbalance the ill; There was never an evil, if well understood, But what, rightly managed, would turn to good, If wo were but as ready to look to the light As we are to sit moping because it is night, We should own it a truth, both in word and in deed, - That who tries to be happy is sure to succeed. let us try to be happy 1 Some shades of regret Are sure to hang round, which we cannot forget;There are times when the lightest of spirits must bow. And the sunniest face wear a cloud on its brow, We must never bid feelings, the purest and best, To be blunted and eold in our borom at rest: But the deeper our oWn griefs the greater our need To try to bo happy, lest other hearts bleed. O. try to be happyi It is ndt for long We shall cheer On each other by counsel or song; If we make the best Use of our time that we may. There is much we can do to enliven the way, fcet us only in earnestness each do our best. Before God and our conscience, and trust for the rest; . Still taking thistruth.both in word and in deed, That who tries to be happy is ure to succeed. .... We deafly love a witticism when it falls from the lips of a lady. Here is a gem: A young lady in one of our chief cities, a year or two ago, had accompanied her friend to hear literary lecture. On their return, the gentleman remarked to his lady love on the manher m which the lecturer had executed his task, and thought the whole performance was rare. "You may be quite right," said the lady in reply, but for my own part, I thought it was tbeti dont." Who was right? , .... The incident here related actually occurred short time since. The brothers reside within a hundred miles of CincinnatiA. slow minister who had spent many ybra in preaching with very little effect, 't was lamenting bis want of sncdess and expressed a wish that he might be enabled to do iomotaing useful, Ills brother said to bim "If you really desire to do sorrie-thing ufeful; quit preaching and go (o kil-Jirgdogs.", ; '. " IS SLAVERY A LOCAL INSTITUTIOHl Daniel Webster wan, in li is tiny, supposed to be something of a Constitutional lawyer. In one of his speeches not many years before his death, he said : "It will not be contended that this sort of personal slavery exists by general law. It exists only by local law. I do not mean to deny the validity of that local law where it is established ; but I say it is, after all, local law. It is nothing more. And wherever that local law does not extend, property in persons does not exist. Well, Sir, what is now the demand on the part of our Southern friends? Tbey say, "We will carry our local laws with us wherever wo go. We insist that Congress does us injustice unless it establishes in the territories in which we wish to go our own local law." This demand, I for one resit t, and Bhall resist. It goes upon the idea that there is an inequality, unless persons under this local law, and holding property by authority of that law, can go into new territories, and there establish that local law to the exclusion of the general law. Mr. President, it was a maxim of the civil law, that, between slavery and freedom, freedom should always be presumed, and slavery must always be proved. If any qutstion arose as to the status of an individal in Rome he was presumed to be free until he was proved to be a slave, because slavery is an exception to the general rule. Such I suppose is the general law of mankind. An individual is to be presumed to be free, until a law can be produced which creates ownership in his person. I do not dispute the force and validity of the local law, as I have already said; but I say, it is a matter to be proved; and, therefore if individuals go into nny part of the earth, it is to be proved that they are not freemen, or else the presumption is that they are." There is point and force in the commentary of the New York Courier and Enquirer upon the above: "That is our position precisely, and it is the position of the Republican party as we understand it. It is the true doctrine; the only doctrine that can give peace on this slavery question. If it be true, as the J'ennsylvmitan says, that "slavery is i national, not a local institution," the na tion has jurisdiction over it, and complete jurisdiction. We know of no doctrine that would suit our radical aboliuonsts better It is madness for the South to give it coun tenance. The German Voice. The " Waeciler am Erie," a very resectable German paper, published in Cleveland, in a long and able article on the Presidency, says: "We Germans cannot stand upon a plat form which sanctions, or endorses the Ne braska bill, neither can we stand upon one which requires us to chase and hunt men through field and forest as wo did wild bears of yore in Europe. Lot ns be vigi lant and extrt our influence to secure the nomination of a man who is known to be an uncompromising friend of liberty. Such a nominee as we desire must not bo one whose political acumen is not known: he must not be one of those very prudent and over cautious persons, who, when ques tions of the utmost importance are agitated keep aloof and preserve a profound silence, or speculative non-commitalism; he must be a man whose antecedents need not be manufactured to order after the nomination, but must be such an one, as shall already be familiar to all; he must have been an earnest, zealous and firm leader in the anti -slavery conflict, and the man who combines within himself all these qualifications in our opinion is Salmon P. Chase. That we cannot enlist under a more glo rious banner than the one borne by him may be inferred from the hatred and fears of the opposition during the recent Gub ernatorial campaign. Gov. Chase is one of the few politicians who deserve the name of statesman; a man of vast experience, of profound and varied intellect, liberal views; a man of character; one whose political past is the very best guarantee for bis future conduct." The True Issue. Mr. Pennington, a member of Congress from New Jersey, in a loiter to the late Republican Convention of that State, thus fairly and squarely puts the real issue before the people : "I indulge bo sectional hostilities. I have no desire to see the organization of sectional parties. I acknowledge most cheerfully, and, as a patriotio duty, will maintain, in all their force, every constitutional right of the South. I will unite with no party which proposes any assault upon thoso rights. The question now before the country involves no Constitutional right of the Sodth, and has been forced upon the North by the bad faith of the South. It is an issue in which the South, with the Democratic party as its ally, are united on one side, and the opposition in the North must be united on the other or yield. I counsel no surrender on the part of the North; and as there is no alternative but to unite, I would say to Republicans, Americans, Whigs, and all, of whatever party designation, everywhere, who would resist the great wrong inflicted by the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise, who favor the admission of Kansas as a Free State, and who desire to rescue the Government from the beads the Democratic Party, the common enemy of them all, and to restore to the administration of our public affairs the application of the great principles of the Revolutionary period unite! unite!" P. T. Bab!hn. Upwards of two fcun dred influential citizens of Bridgeport, Conn., have issued an invitation to their fellow -citizens to attend a meeting to be held this evening, for the purpose bf goring public expression to their sympathy with Mr. Darnum, in his recent financial misfortunes, The American Farty In Indiana. We find the following in the Indianapolis Journal, It looks something like fusion . Indianapolis, April 2, I860. To ths Member of the Amerhan party of Jiuliana: At a meeting of the Executive coxmit tee of the State Council, held at Indianap. olis on the 2d day of April, 1856, after a lull expression or the members upon thoso questions that have divided and distracted the American party in other States, the committee unanimously adopted the following suggestions, and earnestly request the true mends or Americanism to co-op erale with them in earning out the views of the committee: That as in 1854 we stand unpromisingly opposed to the present corrupt national Administration, and as a party we stand ready to co-operate with any party which aims to put an end to its misrule. And further, we regard the repeal of tho Missouri Compromise an infraction of plighted faith of the nation; the same should be restored, and if efforts to that end fail, Congress should refuse, under all circumstances, to admit any State into the Union tolerating slavery, made free by that Compromise. Therefore, we approve of the call for a People's convention to be held on the first day of May next, and earnestly call upon the American party throughout the State to send a full delegation to that Convention. Attest: WM. SHEETS, Pres't. W. W. Whiqht. $3T Gough, the great temperance orator, made these remarks in a recent speech of his: "It was told me in England that it was necessary for a lady who wished to travel through Europe, to always be accompanied by a gentleman, to prevent her from all rudeness, and even actual insult. I told them that here, in the United States, a lady could travel from Maine to Louisiana, and be treated with the greatest politeness. (Applause.) Now, ladies, I have frequently noticed that when especially in public assemblies some of you have been offered seats, which, as a matter of courtesy, you should occupy, instead of politely saying, "I thank you sir, for your kindness, you have dropped into tho vacated seat, with apparently offended air, as much as to say, "You impudent puppy. you!' (Applause.) Now, ladies, the next time a genteman offers you a seat, if you will only put on one of your prettiest smiles, and say, "1 thank you sir!" depend upon it a man can stand all night, and never know he has any legs!" Almost a Divorce. The New York News mentions fhal a malicious bridesmaid played a very un handsome joke off upon a new wedded couple. She put them upon a clock bedstead and wound it up for "four." The alarm of the young couple may be imag ined but not described, when in the midst of the lady's first sleep she was awakened by the horrible din of the alarm, mingling with her husband's 'what the devil's that?' and before she was thoroughly awake she was violently tossed on the floor. Jump ing up, sho ran to lier friend s room, crying"1 II have a divorce, it s infamous, I'll never speak to Charles again he's a monster.""Good gracious!" cried her friend Lib-by, in affected astonishment, "What is the matter dear, do tell!" "He, he, he," sobbed the weeping brido, and stopped. "He what!" asked her friend, "kissed you!" "No; no !" vehemently exclaimed the other "he has kicked me out of bed!" The matter was however, explained, and there was no divorce. An Excellent Joke. Paris Flag is responsible for the The following: The Louisville Courier's correspondent says that Mr. Garrett Davis declared that he would like to be President long enough to hang Lane, Robinson fc Co., "as high as Haman." A few weeks since, in the Nicholas Circuit Court, Mr. Davis was bullying a witness named Roberts, and derisively called him "Colonel," whereupon the following dialogue took place: "Witness "I am no military man, Mr. Davis, but when you are elected President I' hope you will give me a commission." (Laughter in Court.) Mr. Davis, (furiously) "If I were President, tho first thing I should do would be to have you hung, sir." Witness, (with a quiet bow,) "Thank you, Mr. Davis; but if I live until you become a President to have me hung, life will become a burden." Mr. Davis' face was red; but his answer will not be. The "noise and confusion" prevented any one from hearing it. 3T If you don't wish to bo bothered with customers, don't advertise. When every body knows what you have for sale, it is more than likely that you will bnve many calls, for articles in your line. But if you keep your matters close, and none but your particular friends and regular customers know the extent and quality of your stock, you will not be crowded, and you will do a very pretty little regular business such as moderate, modest men like to do. Don't make your business too public, by publishing it to the world. Ripleg Bee. i . ; ; We happen to know that Dr. Ay er's Cherry Pectoral and Cathartic Pills are good medicines, and shall proclaim it because we do know it. We confidently believe there is a vast amount of relief from suffering for our afflicted fellow men wrapped up in these skilful preparations, and we shall freely use our little influence to make them known to those who teed thcm.Philadelphia Sunday Timet. SZ" Caution in crediting, reserve in speaking, and revealing one's self to very few, are the beat securities both bf peace and a good understanding with the world, and of the inward peace our own minds; Eloquence. The following passage is from the speech of Hon, John A. Bingham, of Ohio. It I said to have produced a thrilling effect upon the House. We can well conceive that it would do this, The records of Parliamentary eloquence in this country furnish few finer passages. Mr. Bingham ii speaking of the "bloody code" of Kansas: "Ay, sir, Congress is to abide by this statute, which makes it a felony for a citizen to iitter or publish in that Territory "anything calculated to induce slaves to escape from the service of their masters." Hence it would be felony there to utter the strong words of Algernon Sidney. "Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God;" a felony to say with Jefferson, "I have sworn upon tho altar of my God eternal hostility to tj rnnny in every form over the mind and body of man;" a felony to utter there in the hearing of a slave, upon American soil, under our flag, the words ol name that shook the stormy soul of lien ry, "Give me liberty, or give me death;" a felony to read in the hearing of some of those fettered bondmen the words of the Decimation, "All men are born free and equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights of life and liber ty;" a feiony to utter those other words, blazing in letters of living light on the great written charter of our National Government, "We, the people of these United States, in order to establish j tice," the attribute of God, and "to secure liberty," the imperishable right of man, do ordain this Constitution: a felony to harbor to aid a slave to escape from his thralldora; a felony to aid freedom in his flight; a felony to shelter the houseless, to clothe the naked, to feed the hungry, and to help him that is ready to perish; a felony to give to the famishing a cup of water in the name of our Master, Ob, sir, before you hold this enactment binding on an American Congress, tear down that banner of Freedom which floats above us, for stirring reminiscences linger in its folds, and the stars upon its field of azure have gleamed upon the field of "poised battle," where the earthquake and the lire led the charge, and where American virtue and American valor maintained the unequal conflict against the mighty power of British tyranny and oppression. Before you hold this enactment to be law burn our immortal Declaration and our free-written Constitution, fetter our free press, and finally penetrate the human soul, and put out me ngnt oi inac unuerstanoing wnicn the breath of the Almighty hath filled. Excellence of Freedom. Here is a precious little gem on the ex cellence of freedom, froro tho pen of Dr. Guthrie, that ought to stir our sympathy tor tbose who are in bonds: We have somewhere read of a traveler who stood one day beside the cages of some birds, that exposed for sale, ruffled their sunny plumage on the wires and stuggled to be free. A way-woru and sun-browned man like one returned from foreign lands, looked wistfully and sadly on these captives, till tears started in his eyes, and turning round to their owner, lio asked the price of one, paid it in gold, and opening the cage set the prisoner free; and thus he did with captive after captive, till every bird was away, soaring to the skies and singing on the wings of liberty. The crowd stared and stood amazed; they thought him mad, till to the question of their curiosity he replied "I was once myself a captive; I know the sweets of liberty." A Patriot 94 Years Old. Captain Jacob Hurd, of Middle Haddam, Conn., being now in the 85 year of his age, voted on last Monday "for the good of his country." The venerable old patriot served and suffered in the war of 'seventy-six;' he then belonged, and he now glories in belonging to the party of George Washington. He can remember hisgrand-father, who was born one hundred and seventy years ago in tho highlands of Scotland. He has lived to see seven generations of that grand father's lineage. Cap. tain Hurd is a believer in the Declaration of Independance, and in the Constitution of the United States, preamble and all. He voted for George Washington seventy years ago, and his vigor of mind and body is such that he may live to vote often hereafter. Hartford Courant. From the Southern Banner, Athens.G a. Ap. 17 Another Candidate for the Presidency. Hon. Howell Cobb. In our last week's paper, during the absence of both editors, a little paragraph was copied into onr paper, being a report that the Hon, Howell Cobb will be appointed Minister to the Hague, vice Belmont, recalled. We write this, therefore, that none may be misled by such an absurd rumor, that Cobb would take such a foreign appointment, while there is not in these United States a man who is becoming, and from his profound abilities justly, too, more and more endeared in the great popular heart and affection of the people. If we all live, we shall see him the man who makes these apopintmentg. . . . . The following instance of mean ness is given by the Buffalo Commercial of Saturday : A few days since two men passing along the track, found on the railroad near Attica, ten or fifteen cords of wood which had tumbled down npon the track. Knowing that if a train CBme along and one was due that it would doubtless be the cause of an accident, they set to work removing it. One of them started back quite a distance, and by means of signals stopped the train. Their services were rewarded by the Conductor with 10 cents each, and a free passage over the road for about two milesl .... "Small thanks to you sir, for what you said in my case" said a defendant to ono of his witnesses. "AH, sir," replied the witness, "just think of what I did'nt say." Virginia. The Wtllsburg (Va.) Herald has in its last issue a very excellent reply to a to temporary in mat state on ttio Slavery question, We are glad lo note so prorais ing a sign of the times. It says: , "But in the question of slavery as a Vir ginia uimtur, ii us npeiiHi nis real sentiments when he intimates that slavery it the most important Interest In Va., and entitled to all the consideration given it,we flatly and squarely join issue with him. We consid or it, at best, as an institution of but ques tionable policy, and infinitely inferior in point of pecuniary productiveness, if not to many other interests now in existence, to many that would spring up were it removed, and an unobstructed field opened for enterprise Dy such removal. I1 or as a cit izen of Virginia, and especially of Wes tern Virginia legitimately interested in ber future prosperity we regard the system as an incubus upon the energies ot the white population, keeping a large portion of it in ignorance and poverty, and preventing mat development ot material resources that has always followed the introduction and encouragement of free labor in a State. Hence, while we are alive to all the existing interests and grievances of slaveholders, as well as to the evils that will follow abolition in any shape, immediate or prospective, we are in favor of an equitable system of gradual emancipation, not because we think slavery wrong in itself and not primarily, because emancipation would benefit the negro, but simply because we believe something of the kind demanded, at an early day, by the best interests of the white population of the State. We might as well meet the emergency at first as at last, it is inevitable and the very bigotry that denounces the advocate of emancipation now, will give the cause an impetun when the certain reaction docs commence. The Constitutional Conven tion of 1853, will demonstrate the truth of this, or we are mistaken. The earlier it commences now, the more gradual it will prove and the more gradual, the better for the integrity of the State. The operation of the new lax law alone we are persuaded will do more to revolutionize Virginia in this respect than all the special legislation, Pro-Slavery enactments, and demagoguery of a generation can counteract. Then why be meanly mouthed about it. We assert that the entire legislation of the State is moulded, cramped and controlled by slave influences. We defy any one to point to a single public measure wherein the trail of the same black serpent cannot be recognized." Another EI Dorado. According to the accounts which come to us from the California papers, the Gadsden Purchase is discovered to be quite rich in minerals. The San Francisco Herald tells of a lot of copper which had arri ved from the Arizona mines, in the Mesil la Grant. The mines are well known to the Mexicans, but were not worked on ac count of the hostilities of the Indians. They are now wrought by an American Compa ny, who have been very successful in ob taming an abundance of ore. A great number of veins have been opened, all of which have yielded lrom 65 to 85, and some 95 per cent, of ore. A gray sulpliu ret of copper yields 70 to 80 per cent, of copper, and also an average of 150 ounces of silver to the ton, With forty men, thirty of whom are Mexicans, the company expect lo take out two hundred tons of ore per month, which is estimated to yield the Company $40,000 per month, after deducting mining and transportation expenses. At the Tab I You need not blush, dear madam, if we have caught you in the suds. It gives us more joy to see one ring dirt out of a pinafore than to hear her ring music out of a pianoforte or melodeon. We have known ladies as they call themselves to be in a terrible state of feeling when a stranger called and they were not dressed up "to the teeth" to receive him. They would turn red or pale, and be at their wit's end to know what to do; and sometimes we will tell the truth sometimes they have been wicked enough to send word that they were not in. We must speak against such pride, and that wrong feeling which prompts young women to give out the impression that they never wash, or mend the holes in the heels of their stockings. Not a fig would we give for such girls. What are they good for but to keep in a glass case and look at? The man who chooses such for a companion, will rue the very day of his choice, and repent in dust and ashes. Surely, there are hindrances enough to useful labor without being ashamed of it, or pretending to be. "By Hook oa Br Cbook." I have often heard that Hook and Crook were two famous surveyors of the city of London, and that, after the city had been desolated by the plague and the great fire, about the year 16CC, it was by the aid of Hook or Crook, most of the titles to property were established and the old landmarks renewed. Every claim was settled either "by Hook or by Crook," and this became a proverb in England. "Mr. Filkins, you say you know the defendant what is his character?" "For what, sir spreeing or integrity?" "For integrity, sir." Well, all I can say about Jones is that if bo's honest he's got a queer way of showing it, that's all." '.'What do you mean by that?" "Just this that the night before be dines on turkey, somebody's poultry coop is always broken open." . "That will do, Mr. Filkins." : XSTThe death of John Stevens, Esq., of Talbot county, Maryland, was recently an nounced. Previous to his death he set apart from his fortune the handsome sum of 36,- 000 dollars to provide for the purchase of a packet lor the service of Liberian colonisation, which sum was duly transferred to the Colonization Society previous to his oeatni Sublimely Touching. A. E. Bradbury, Esq., editor of the Musical Gazette and Review, of New York, recently lot I a little daughter, about five years of ago. in annouueing ner death, he used tho following touching language: "Kittio is gone. Where? To heaven; An nnffel came nnd took her away, She was a lovely child gentlo as a little lamb; the net of the wholo family; the youngest of them all. But she could not stay with us any longor. She had an angel sister in heaven, who was waiting for her. Tho angel sister was with us only a few months, but she had been in heaven many years, and she must hnve loved Kittie, for everybody loved her. Tho loveliest flowers are often soonest plucked. If a little voice sweeter and more musical than others was heard. I knew little Kittie was near. If my study door was opened so gently and slily that no sound could be heard, I knew little Kittie was coming, it, alter an hour's quiet play, a little slim shadow pas sed me, and the door opened and shut as no one else could open and shut it, 'so as not to disturb papa,' 1 knew Kittie was going. When, in the midst of my composing 1 heard a gentlo voice saying -rapa, may l stay who you a nnic nunc, x win uo t . ..l i:,.i i.:i..i) f ii k very still I did not neea lo iook on my work to assure me mat it was my nine lamb. You staid with me too long, Kittie, dear to leave me so suddenly ; and you are too ittll now. "You became my little assistant my home angel my youngest and sweetest sinirintf bird, nnd I miss tho little voice that I have so often heard in the adjoin ing room, catching up and echoing little snatches of melody as they were being composed. I miss the little hand that was always first to be placed upon my fore head, to 'drive away the pain.' I miss the sound of those little feet upon the stairs. I miss the little knock at my bedroom door in the morning, and the tripple good-night Visa in the eveninir. I miss the sweet smilo from the sunniest of faces. I miss oh! how I miss the foremost in the group who came out to meet me at the gate for the first kiss. I do not stoop so low now, Kittie, to give that first kiss. I miss you at table and at family worship. I miss your voice in, l warn to oe an angei, iur . . . 1 I , c nobody could sing it like you. j. miss you in my rides and walks. I miss you in the garden. I miss you everywhere; but I will try not to miss you in iieaven. -i n- ta. if we are eooa, win an angei wuiy come and take us to heaven when we die?' When the question was asked, how little did I think the angel was so near. But he did 'truly' come and the sweet flower is transDianted to a more genial clime. 'I do wish Daw would come home.' Vf ait a little while. Kittie, and papa will come. The iourney is not long. He will soon be 'home.' " S3T The grounds on which the appli cation was based where the same as in the case of Jno. L. Lea. After hearing the arguments of counsel, his Honor, Judge ltoDerston, iook ine case unaer aavise ment, and decided this morning in favor of admitting the applicant to bail in the sum of forty thousand dollars. This se curity, can of course, be easily obtained, and the Ex-Treasurer will soon be at large. It will be recollected that his defalcations amount up to the round sum of some $250,-000. Who would not be a defaulter nowadays? N. 0. Delta, April 11th. jCJT Tho Boston Courier sums up the results of the war in Europe thus: 1. Turkey Stripped and plundered. 2. Russia Unconquered, she triumphs. 3. France Her arms secured the allies' victories. 4. Austria Eating the oyster, awards the shells. 5. Sardinia Fighting for gold, she los es nothing. G. England Her prestige on land ana sea is lost. &3T A clergyman of a country village desired his clerk to give notice that there would he no service in the afternoon, as he was going to "officiate for another clergyman." The clerk, as soon as the sermon was ended, rose, with all due solemnity, and said: "I am desired to give notice there will be no service this afternoon, as Mr. L. is going a fishing with another cler gymanl" The congregation tittered. The clergyman explained. Science as a Detective. A keg of specie was recently emptied on the line of a Prussian railroad, and refilled with sand. A microscopio examination of the sand showed the particular station it came from. The field of detective inquiry, thus narrowed, was immediately occupied by the agents of the police, and the stolen treasure, in a short time, traced to one of the employees of the road. X3T There was a deacon in a town in New Hampshire by the name of Day by trade a cooper. One Snnday, he heard a number of boys playing in front of his house, and went out to stop their Sabbath breaking. Assuming a grave countenance, he said to them, "Boys do you know what day this is?" "Yes sir," immediately replied ono of the boys, "Deacon Day the cooper!'' JUT "Tom, you sot," said a temper ance man to a tipling friend, "what makes you drink such stuff as you do? why, the very hogs wouldn't touch that brandy." "That's cause they is brutes," said Tom. "Poor creatures, they donno what tgood. - , m- m- - - .... "lama s ranger In a srtango place," said a clergyman on entering a printing of fice ; ",ind you will be a stranger to a bet. place,'1 replied the typo, "if you do ter not practice closer what you preach, Inr-BRTiwEfiT. Lady (in fashionable dress) "Little boy, can I go through this pate to the river?" Boy. "Perhaps. . A load of hay went through this morning. He lives long that lives well; time mlssprnt is not lived, but lost. , nnd Inhabitants of the North. Few persons have known that so many ncoplo inhabit the cold coasU North of Washington Territory. It appears, from a full census of the tribes of the Pacific coast, that there are 15.1G0men, with their families living oil. that coast between the Territory of Wash-ington and the Russian possessions, in the latitude of 40 deg. and 64 deg. 40 min.-J ' these consists of 90 small Uibes and bandit-as recognized by the Hudson Bay traders. They hoye 1,88? houses, or fixed shelters possess 10,150 canoes capable of traver sing the cobsib, and are armed with 3,140 guns, the whole number of persons, of all ages and sexes, on this ooast, in 02,685. All those are supported and influenced id i the.ir feelings by the Hudson,! Bay Com- , nany, This does not include interior tribes' between the coast bands and the Rocky mountains. The 16,000 hardy hunteri that coast along the sea shore and inlets, support 16.171 females, and 32,363 chil dren. They also have 2,250 slaves, male and female, being persons who have beerj reduced td bondage by captivity. ( The Indian population of Washington Territory is 1 4,9 15, living in 339 lodges. Of these tribes LOGO are men, and but 1,- 003 women and childien. Oregon has a total population of but 6.0C8, of whom not over 1,500 can be viewed as warriors fit to-take the field at one and the tame fims. Nebraska is set down at 9.7G0 fighting men. There are 30,393 Indians of all ages in Kansaf!; 8,550 in Utah; and 62,-176 in the Indian colonies tbuih of Kan sas and vest of Arkansas. ' Judge Wilmot. Thepro-Blavery democrats of Judge Wilr mot's district have bitterly assailed hiu, of late, and prominent among the assailants' has been the Montrose Democrat. So extremely personal and vindictive were these assaults that the Judge brought an actiod for libel against the editor of the Democrat, and the Grand Jury having fmind a triiel bill, the editor, in his last number, incontinently backs down: "Judge Wiltriot feeli'rig that his official conduct and integrity has been assailed bf publications in our paper, we desire to say in justice to him, to the public ahdourself, that we did not intend to impugn the integrity of Judge Wilmot as a man, nor td charge upon him1 corruption!, partiality or political bias in the discharge of his responsible public duties. We have seen! nothing, nor do we know of anything, int tho conduct of Judge Wilmot, to warrant such a charge. "The publications complained b'f, were hastily and Inconsiderately written, and we regret anything therein contained reflecting upon the official integrity and conJ duct-of Judge Wilmot." . . . ;"LaUgh and grow fat," is a good philosophy for all to practice. So we append stutl' for a few smiles: "You'are a shoemaker?" said a magistrate, addressing a blacksmith. "Yes sir," was the reply, "a horse shoemaker." A negro hunting a coon in a tree, heard somethingh drop to the ground. "0, gol-la 1 massa," he said, "I looked tip and found it Was dN darkey. A. young lady beinjr told that her lover was suddenly killed, exclaimed, "Oh, that splendid gold watch of his!-give me that-: give me Something to remember him by 1' A courtier was praising an old lady for her beauty. "Beauty," said the ancient, "is incompatible with age." ''Pardon me," replied the flatterer, "we say beautiful as an angel, And of all created beingd, angels are the oldest." JT3T It was Cobbett who said(antl he told the truth, too,) that "Women were never so amiable,as when they are useful) and as for beauty, though men may fall in love with girls at play, there is nothing to make them stand to their lore like seeing them at work." t3r k lady made a complaint to Fred erick the Great, King of Prussia. "Your Majesty," said she; "my husband treats me badly." ''That Is none of my business," repiieu the King. "But he speaks ill of you," said the lady. "That,, he replied, "is none of your business." Viboinia Sixes Lookiko Up. The Vir gin ib papers are delighted to learn that "Virginia Sixes are look in c nn." Far good, but meantime Virginia politics, all at sixes and sevens', appear to be looking down ja. X. Herald. T One great secret of domestlo enioy- ment is too often overlooked that of bringing our wants down to our circumstance instead of toiling to bring out circumstaa cesup to our wants. HIT Time is the most nrecious. and vet the most brittle iewel we have; It is what every man bids largely for, when he wanto it, dui squanacra it away when he gets it. tit A Western paper hating stated that Judge Douglas was a man of "loots habits," Prentice replies that, on the co trary, he is often very "light." iMr. Beccher said that if twenty-five rifles eodld be raised on the spot, b would pledge twenty-6ve more from Plymouth Church." ' JOT Dante's famous line, "All boa abandon, ye who enter here!" hat bee' recommended as a motto for America' railroad cars. . . XiTTwo Loudon tailors once scat a Memorial to Parliament, which oommeace as follows: "Wi, tin people of j&yW." A Hint to Midici CwxAs.-rWbW the mind's diseaspj, it's frequently aot ktality a man wants so muoh as fresh tyPtmdt ' ' ' ' 1 v -f V .-i "it

if VOL.IL MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY G, 185G. NO, 25, MT. VERNON REPUBLICAN i . . : niHii .... $2,00 Per Annum, if In Advanoe. I , ADVEUTISINCI' The EruUOi has the largest circulation In the county and U, therefore, the best medium throueh which businessmen can advertise. 'Ad Vertisements will be inserted at the following RATES. i S A 5 -3 3 5 8 a a a a g n to O lanuarei a. ft e. I c.l e. ft c.l. c. etc II 00 1 25 1 75 3 25 3 00(3,50 4,50,6 00 9 sqr's.l 75 8 25 3 25 4 25,5 S5.6.00 6,75'8 00 3 sqr'a.i'3 503 504 50j5 006 OOj7,o6.8,n6 10 4 tqr'j350 4 00 5 00 6 00 7 0 0 8,0q1000 12 1 square changeable monthly, $10;weekly,$15 U column changeable quarterly, 15 column changeable quarterly, in column changeable quarterly, 25 1 column changeable quarterly 40 ETTwelve line in this type, arecounted at aauare. TCTEditorlal notices of advertisements, or calling attention to any enterprise intended to charged for at the rate of 10 cents per line. oenent inamauais or corporations, win oe ID Special notices, before marriages, or taking precedence of regular advertisements, double usual rates. - CTNotices for meetings, charitable societies fire companies. Ac. half price. ID Advertisements displayed inlarge type to be charged one-nan moretnan regular rates. (CrA.ll transient advertisements to he paid in advance, and none will be inserted unless for a definite time mentioned SONG FOR FARMERS BOYS. O, a farmer's boy is a jovial lad, So healthy, bright, and free: In his country home he is ever glad, O, that is the home for me; With a whoop and a haw to his lively team . With the lark abroad is he; With his bread and milk unrobbed of cream O, that is the home for me; O, that is the home for me, For me, for me, for me. In the morning bright he drives away, Ere the morning sun we sec, The lowing herd to tho silver stream, And the pastures green and free, In the summer time to the harvest field, With a cooling drink wo sco Both the farmer boy nnd the farmer girl; O, that is the home for me, O, that is tho homo for me, For me, for me, for me. When tho autumn winds aro sweeping wild tic is gallic ring nuts you sec; For a winter store he will lay them by For his sister, himself and me. To the orchard then he hies away, For lie knows each favorite tree, And ho saves the fruit for a coming friend; O, that is the homo for me, O, that is the home for me, For mc, for mo, for me. When tho winter comes with its driving blast, Then the fnnuers boy's iu glee, - For he loves the snow that is fulling fast, As it's drifting o'er the Ice, And he says to himself, to morrow morn, With my sled and skates I'll be, While tho cattle aro munching their hay nnd their corn; O, thnt is tho home for mc, O, that is the homo for mc, For me, for mc, for me. IiET US TRV TO BE HAPPY. Let us try to be happy! We may, if we will, Find some pleasures in life to o'erbalance the ill; There was never an evil, if well understood, But what, rightly managed, would turn to good, If wo were but as ready to look to the light As we are to sit moping because it is night, We should own it a truth, both in word and in deed, - That who tries to be happy is sure to succeed. let us try to be happy 1 Some shades of regret Are sure to hang round, which we cannot forget;There are times when the lightest of spirits must bow. And the sunniest face wear a cloud on its brow, We must never bid feelings, the purest and best, To be blunted and eold in our borom at rest: But the deeper our oWn griefs the greater our need To try to bo happy, lest other hearts bleed. O. try to be happyi It is ndt for long We shall cheer On each other by counsel or song; If we make the best Use of our time that we may. There is much we can do to enliven the way, fcet us only in earnestness each do our best. Before God and our conscience, and trust for the rest; . Still taking thistruth.both in word and in deed, That who tries to be happy is ure to succeed. .... We deafly love a witticism when it falls from the lips of a lady. Here is a gem: A young lady in one of our chief cities, a year or two ago, had accompanied her friend to hear literary lecture. On their return, the gentleman remarked to his lady love on the manher m which the lecturer had executed his task, and thought the whole performance was rare. "You may be quite right," said the lady in reply, but for my own part, I thought it was tbeti dont." Who was right? , .... The incident here related actually occurred short time since. The brothers reside within a hundred miles of CincinnatiA. slow minister who had spent many ybra in preaching with very little effect, 't was lamenting bis want of sncdess and expressed a wish that he might be enabled to do iomotaing useful, Ills brother said to bim "If you really desire to do sorrie-thing ufeful; quit preaching and go (o kil-Jirgdogs.", ; '. " IS SLAVERY A LOCAL INSTITUTIOHl Daniel Webster wan, in li is tiny, supposed to be something of a Constitutional lawyer. In one of his speeches not many years before his death, he said : "It will not be contended that this sort of personal slavery exists by general law. It exists only by local law. I do not mean to deny the validity of that local law where it is established ; but I say it is, after all, local law. It is nothing more. And wherever that local law does not extend, property in persons does not exist. Well, Sir, what is now the demand on the part of our Southern friends? Tbey say, "We will carry our local laws with us wherever wo go. We insist that Congress does us injustice unless it establishes in the territories in which we wish to go our own local law." This demand, I for one resit t, and Bhall resist. It goes upon the idea that there is an inequality, unless persons under this local law, and holding property by authority of that law, can go into new territories, and there establish that local law to the exclusion of the general law. Mr. President, it was a maxim of the civil law, that, between slavery and freedom, freedom should always be presumed, and slavery must always be proved. If any qutstion arose as to the status of an individal in Rome he was presumed to be free until he was proved to be a slave, because slavery is an exception to the general rule. Such I suppose is the general law of mankind. An individual is to be presumed to be free, until a law can be produced which creates ownership in his person. I do not dispute the force and validity of the local law, as I have already said; but I say, it is a matter to be proved; and, therefore if individuals go into nny part of the earth, it is to be proved that they are not freemen, or else the presumption is that they are." There is point and force in the commentary of the New York Courier and Enquirer upon the above: "That is our position precisely, and it is the position of the Republican party as we understand it. It is the true doctrine; the only doctrine that can give peace on this slavery question. If it be true, as the J'ennsylvmitan says, that "slavery is i national, not a local institution," the na tion has jurisdiction over it, and complete jurisdiction. We know of no doctrine that would suit our radical aboliuonsts better It is madness for the South to give it coun tenance. The German Voice. The " Waeciler am Erie," a very resectable German paper, published in Cleveland, in a long and able article on the Presidency, says: "We Germans cannot stand upon a plat form which sanctions, or endorses the Ne braska bill, neither can we stand upon one which requires us to chase and hunt men through field and forest as wo did wild bears of yore in Europe. Lot ns be vigi lant and extrt our influence to secure the nomination of a man who is known to be an uncompromising friend of liberty. Such a nominee as we desire must not bo one whose political acumen is not known: he must not be one of those very prudent and over cautious persons, who, when ques tions of the utmost importance are agitated keep aloof and preserve a profound silence, or speculative non-commitalism; he must be a man whose antecedents need not be manufactured to order after the nomination, but must be such an one, as shall already be familiar to all; he must have been an earnest, zealous and firm leader in the anti -slavery conflict, and the man who combines within himself all these qualifications in our opinion is Salmon P. Chase. That we cannot enlist under a more glo rious banner than the one borne by him may be inferred from the hatred and fears of the opposition during the recent Gub ernatorial campaign. Gov. Chase is one of the few politicians who deserve the name of statesman; a man of vast experience, of profound and varied intellect, liberal views; a man of character; one whose political past is the very best guarantee for bis future conduct." The True Issue. Mr. Pennington, a member of Congress from New Jersey, in a loiter to the late Republican Convention of that State, thus fairly and squarely puts the real issue before the people : "I indulge bo sectional hostilities. I have no desire to see the organization of sectional parties. I acknowledge most cheerfully, and, as a patriotio duty, will maintain, in all their force, every constitutional right of the South. I will unite with no party which proposes any assault upon thoso rights. The question now before the country involves no Constitutional right of the Sodth, and has been forced upon the North by the bad faith of the South. It is an issue in which the South, with the Democratic party as its ally, are united on one side, and the opposition in the North must be united on the other or yield. I counsel no surrender on the part of the North; and as there is no alternative but to unite, I would say to Republicans, Americans, Whigs, and all, of whatever party designation, everywhere, who would resist the great wrong inflicted by the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise, who favor the admission of Kansas as a Free State, and who desire to rescue the Government from the beads the Democratic Party, the common enemy of them all, and to restore to the administration of our public affairs the application of the great principles of the Revolutionary period unite! unite!" P. T. Bab!hn. Upwards of two fcun dred influential citizens of Bridgeport, Conn., have issued an invitation to their fellow -citizens to attend a meeting to be held this evening, for the purpose bf goring public expression to their sympathy with Mr. Darnum, in his recent financial misfortunes, The American Farty In Indiana. We find the following in the Indianapolis Journal, It looks something like fusion . Indianapolis, April 2, I860. To ths Member of the Amerhan party of Jiuliana: At a meeting of the Executive coxmit tee of the State Council, held at Indianap. olis on the 2d day of April, 1856, after a lull expression or the members upon thoso questions that have divided and distracted the American party in other States, the committee unanimously adopted the following suggestions, and earnestly request the true mends or Americanism to co-op erale with them in earning out the views of the committee: That as in 1854 we stand unpromisingly opposed to the present corrupt national Administration, and as a party we stand ready to co-operate with any party which aims to put an end to its misrule. And further, we regard the repeal of tho Missouri Compromise an infraction of plighted faith of the nation; the same should be restored, and if efforts to that end fail, Congress should refuse, under all circumstances, to admit any State into the Union tolerating slavery, made free by that Compromise. Therefore, we approve of the call for a People's convention to be held on the first day of May next, and earnestly call upon the American party throughout the State to send a full delegation to that Convention. Attest: WM. SHEETS, Pres't. W. W. Whiqht. $3T Gough, the great temperance orator, made these remarks in a recent speech of his: "It was told me in England that it was necessary for a lady who wished to travel through Europe, to always be accompanied by a gentleman, to prevent her from all rudeness, and even actual insult. I told them that here, in the United States, a lady could travel from Maine to Louisiana, and be treated with the greatest politeness. (Applause.) Now, ladies, I have frequently noticed that when especially in public assemblies some of you have been offered seats, which, as a matter of courtesy, you should occupy, instead of politely saying, "I thank you sir, for your kindness, you have dropped into tho vacated seat, with apparently offended air, as much as to say, "You impudent puppy. you!' (Applause.) Now, ladies, the next time a genteman offers you a seat, if you will only put on one of your prettiest smiles, and say, "1 thank you sir!" depend upon it a man can stand all night, and never know he has any legs!" Almost a Divorce. The New York News mentions fhal a malicious bridesmaid played a very un handsome joke off upon a new wedded couple. She put them upon a clock bedstead and wound it up for "four." The alarm of the young couple may be imag ined but not described, when in the midst of the lady's first sleep she was awakened by the horrible din of the alarm, mingling with her husband's 'what the devil's that?' and before she was thoroughly awake she was violently tossed on the floor. Jump ing up, sho ran to lier friend s room, crying"1 II have a divorce, it s infamous, I'll never speak to Charles again he's a monster.""Good gracious!" cried her friend Lib-by, in affected astonishment, "What is the matter dear, do tell!" "He, he, he," sobbed the weeping brido, and stopped. "He what!" asked her friend, "kissed you!" "No; no !" vehemently exclaimed the other "he has kicked me out of bed!" The matter was however, explained, and there was no divorce. An Excellent Joke. Paris Flag is responsible for the The following: The Louisville Courier's correspondent says that Mr. Garrett Davis declared that he would like to be President long enough to hang Lane, Robinson fc Co., "as high as Haman." A few weeks since, in the Nicholas Circuit Court, Mr. Davis was bullying a witness named Roberts, and derisively called him "Colonel," whereupon the following dialogue took place: "Witness "I am no military man, Mr. Davis, but when you are elected President I' hope you will give me a commission." (Laughter in Court.) Mr. Davis, (furiously) "If I were President, tho first thing I should do would be to have you hung, sir." Witness, (with a quiet bow,) "Thank you, Mr. Davis; but if I live until you become a President to have me hung, life will become a burden." Mr. Davis' face was red; but his answer will not be. The "noise and confusion" prevented any one from hearing it. 3T If you don't wish to bo bothered with customers, don't advertise. When every body knows what you have for sale, it is more than likely that you will bnve many calls, for articles in your line. But if you keep your matters close, and none but your particular friends and regular customers know the extent and quality of your stock, you will not be crowded, and you will do a very pretty little regular business such as moderate, modest men like to do. Don't make your business too public, by publishing it to the world. Ripleg Bee. i . ; ; We happen to know that Dr. Ay er's Cherry Pectoral and Cathartic Pills are good medicines, and shall proclaim it because we do know it. We confidently believe there is a vast amount of relief from suffering for our afflicted fellow men wrapped up in these skilful preparations, and we shall freely use our little influence to make them known to those who teed thcm.Philadelphia Sunday Timet. SZ" Caution in crediting, reserve in speaking, and revealing one's self to very few, are the beat securities both bf peace and a good understanding with the world, and of the inward peace our own minds; Eloquence. The following passage is from the speech of Hon, John A. Bingham, of Ohio. It I said to have produced a thrilling effect upon the House. We can well conceive that it would do this, The records of Parliamentary eloquence in this country furnish few finer passages. Mr. Bingham ii speaking of the "bloody code" of Kansas: "Ay, sir, Congress is to abide by this statute, which makes it a felony for a citizen to iitter or publish in that Territory "anything calculated to induce slaves to escape from the service of their masters." Hence it would be felony there to utter the strong words of Algernon Sidney. "Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God;" a felony to say with Jefferson, "I have sworn upon tho altar of my God eternal hostility to tj rnnny in every form over the mind and body of man;" a felony to utter there in the hearing of a slave, upon American soil, under our flag, the words ol name that shook the stormy soul of lien ry, "Give me liberty, or give me death;" a felony to read in the hearing of some of those fettered bondmen the words of the Decimation, "All men are born free and equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights of life and liber ty;" a feiony to utter those other words, blazing in letters of living light on the great written charter of our National Government, "We, the people of these United States, in order to establish j tice," the attribute of God, and "to secure liberty," the imperishable right of man, do ordain this Constitution: a felony to harbor to aid a slave to escape from his thralldora; a felony to aid freedom in his flight; a felony to shelter the houseless, to clothe the naked, to feed the hungry, and to help him that is ready to perish; a felony to give to the famishing a cup of water in the name of our Master, Ob, sir, before you hold this enactment binding on an American Congress, tear down that banner of Freedom which floats above us, for stirring reminiscences linger in its folds, and the stars upon its field of azure have gleamed upon the field of "poised battle," where the earthquake and the lire led the charge, and where American virtue and American valor maintained the unequal conflict against the mighty power of British tyranny and oppression. Before you hold this enactment to be law burn our immortal Declaration and our free-written Constitution, fetter our free press, and finally penetrate the human soul, and put out me ngnt oi inac unuerstanoing wnicn the breath of the Almighty hath filled. Excellence of Freedom. Here is a precious little gem on the ex cellence of freedom, froro tho pen of Dr. Guthrie, that ought to stir our sympathy tor tbose who are in bonds: We have somewhere read of a traveler who stood one day beside the cages of some birds, that exposed for sale, ruffled their sunny plumage on the wires and stuggled to be free. A way-woru and sun-browned man like one returned from foreign lands, looked wistfully and sadly on these captives, till tears started in his eyes, and turning round to their owner, lio asked the price of one, paid it in gold, and opening the cage set the prisoner free; and thus he did with captive after captive, till every bird was away, soaring to the skies and singing on the wings of liberty. The crowd stared and stood amazed; they thought him mad, till to the question of their curiosity he replied "I was once myself a captive; I know the sweets of liberty." A Patriot 94 Years Old. Captain Jacob Hurd, of Middle Haddam, Conn., being now in the 85 year of his age, voted on last Monday "for the good of his country." The venerable old patriot served and suffered in the war of 'seventy-six;' he then belonged, and he now glories in belonging to the party of George Washington. He can remember hisgrand-father, who was born one hundred and seventy years ago in tho highlands of Scotland. He has lived to see seven generations of that grand father's lineage. Cap. tain Hurd is a believer in the Declaration of Independance, and in the Constitution of the United States, preamble and all. He voted for George Washington seventy years ago, and his vigor of mind and body is such that he may live to vote often hereafter. Hartford Courant. From the Southern Banner, Athens.G a. Ap. 17 Another Candidate for the Presidency. Hon. Howell Cobb. In our last week's paper, during the absence of both editors, a little paragraph was copied into onr paper, being a report that the Hon, Howell Cobb will be appointed Minister to the Hague, vice Belmont, recalled. We write this, therefore, that none may be misled by such an absurd rumor, that Cobb would take such a foreign appointment, while there is not in these United States a man who is becoming, and from his profound abilities justly, too, more and more endeared in the great popular heart and affection of the people. If we all live, we shall see him the man who makes these apopintmentg. . . . . The following instance of mean ness is given by the Buffalo Commercial of Saturday : A few days since two men passing along the track, found on the railroad near Attica, ten or fifteen cords of wood which had tumbled down npon the track. Knowing that if a train CBme along and one was due that it would doubtless be the cause of an accident, they set to work removing it. One of them started back quite a distance, and by means of signals stopped the train. Their services were rewarded by the Conductor with 10 cents each, and a free passage over the road for about two milesl .... "Small thanks to you sir, for what you said in my case" said a defendant to ono of his witnesses. "AH, sir," replied the witness, "just think of what I did'nt say." Virginia. The Wtllsburg (Va.) Herald has in its last issue a very excellent reply to a to temporary in mat state on ttio Slavery question, We are glad lo note so prorais ing a sign of the times. It says: , "But in the question of slavery as a Vir ginia uimtur, ii us npeiiHi nis real sentiments when he intimates that slavery it the most important Interest In Va., and entitled to all the consideration given it,we flatly and squarely join issue with him. We consid or it, at best, as an institution of but ques tionable policy, and infinitely inferior in point of pecuniary productiveness, if not to many other interests now in existence, to many that would spring up were it removed, and an unobstructed field opened for enterprise Dy such removal. I1 or as a cit izen of Virginia, and especially of Wes tern Virginia legitimately interested in ber future prosperity we regard the system as an incubus upon the energies ot the white population, keeping a large portion of it in ignorance and poverty, and preventing mat development ot material resources that has always followed the introduction and encouragement of free labor in a State. Hence, while we are alive to all the existing interests and grievances of slaveholders, as well as to the evils that will follow abolition in any shape, immediate or prospective, we are in favor of an equitable system of gradual emancipation, not because we think slavery wrong in itself and not primarily, because emancipation would benefit the negro, but simply because we believe something of the kind demanded, at an early day, by the best interests of the white population of the State. We might as well meet the emergency at first as at last, it is inevitable and the very bigotry that denounces the advocate of emancipation now, will give the cause an impetun when the certain reaction docs commence. The Constitutional Conven tion of 1853, will demonstrate the truth of this, or we are mistaken. The earlier it commences now, the more gradual it will prove and the more gradual, the better for the integrity of the State. The operation of the new lax law alone we are persuaded will do more to revolutionize Virginia in this respect than all the special legislation, Pro-Slavery enactments, and demagoguery of a generation can counteract. Then why be meanly mouthed about it. We assert that the entire legislation of the State is moulded, cramped and controlled by slave influences. We defy any one to point to a single public measure wherein the trail of the same black serpent cannot be recognized." Another EI Dorado. According to the accounts which come to us from the California papers, the Gadsden Purchase is discovered to be quite rich in minerals. The San Francisco Herald tells of a lot of copper which had arri ved from the Arizona mines, in the Mesil la Grant. The mines are well known to the Mexicans, but were not worked on ac count of the hostilities of the Indians. They are now wrought by an American Compa ny, who have been very successful in ob taming an abundance of ore. A great number of veins have been opened, all of which have yielded lrom 65 to 85, and some 95 per cent, of ore. A gray sulpliu ret of copper yields 70 to 80 per cent, of copper, and also an average of 150 ounces of silver to the ton, With forty men, thirty of whom are Mexicans, the company expect lo take out two hundred tons of ore per month, which is estimated to yield the Company $40,000 per month, after deducting mining and transportation expenses. At the Tab I You need not blush, dear madam, if we have caught you in the suds. It gives us more joy to see one ring dirt out of a pinafore than to hear her ring music out of a pianoforte or melodeon. We have known ladies as they call themselves to be in a terrible state of feeling when a stranger called and they were not dressed up "to the teeth" to receive him. They would turn red or pale, and be at their wit's end to know what to do; and sometimes we will tell the truth sometimes they have been wicked enough to send word that they were not in. We must speak against such pride, and that wrong feeling which prompts young women to give out the impression that they never wash, or mend the holes in the heels of their stockings. Not a fig would we give for such girls. What are they good for but to keep in a glass case and look at? The man who chooses such for a companion, will rue the very day of his choice, and repent in dust and ashes. Surely, there are hindrances enough to useful labor without being ashamed of it, or pretending to be. "By Hook oa Br Cbook." I have often heard that Hook and Crook were two famous surveyors of the city of London, and that, after the city had been desolated by the plague and the great fire, about the year 16CC, it was by the aid of Hook or Crook, most of the titles to property were established and the old landmarks renewed. Every claim was settled either "by Hook or by Crook," and this became a proverb in England. "Mr. Filkins, you say you know the defendant what is his character?" "For what, sir spreeing or integrity?" "For integrity, sir." Well, all I can say about Jones is that if bo's honest he's got a queer way of showing it, that's all." '.'What do you mean by that?" "Just this that the night before be dines on turkey, somebody's poultry coop is always broken open." . "That will do, Mr. Filkins." : XSTThe death of John Stevens, Esq., of Talbot county, Maryland, was recently an nounced. Previous to his death he set apart from his fortune the handsome sum of 36,- 000 dollars to provide for the purchase of a packet lor the service of Liberian colonisation, which sum was duly transferred to the Colonization Society previous to his oeatni Sublimely Touching. A. E. Bradbury, Esq., editor of the Musical Gazette and Review, of New York, recently lot I a little daughter, about five years of ago. in annouueing ner death, he used tho following touching language: "Kittio is gone. Where? To heaven; An nnffel came nnd took her away, She was a lovely child gentlo as a little lamb; the net of the wholo family; the youngest of them all. But she could not stay with us any longor. She had an angel sister in heaven, who was waiting for her. Tho angel sister was with us only a few months, but she had been in heaven many years, and she must hnve loved Kittie, for everybody loved her. Tho loveliest flowers are often soonest plucked. If a little voice sweeter and more musical than others was heard. I knew little Kittie was near. If my study door was opened so gently and slily that no sound could be heard, I knew little Kittie was coming, it, alter an hour's quiet play, a little slim shadow pas sed me, and the door opened and shut as no one else could open and shut it, 'so as not to disturb papa,' 1 knew Kittie was going. When, in the midst of my composing 1 heard a gentlo voice saying -rapa, may l stay who you a nnic nunc, x win uo t . ..l i:,.i i.:i..i) f ii k very still I did not neea lo iook on my work to assure me mat it was my nine lamb. You staid with me too long, Kittie, dear to leave me so suddenly ; and you are too ittll now. "You became my little assistant my home angel my youngest and sweetest sinirintf bird, nnd I miss tho little voice that I have so often heard in the adjoin ing room, catching up and echoing little snatches of melody as they were being composed. I miss the little hand that was always first to be placed upon my fore head, to 'drive away the pain.' I miss the sound of those little feet upon the stairs. I miss the little knock at my bedroom door in the morning, and the tripple good-night Visa in the eveninir. I miss the sweet smilo from the sunniest of faces. I miss oh! how I miss the foremost in the group who came out to meet me at the gate for the first kiss. I do not stoop so low now, Kittie, to give that first kiss. I miss you at table and at family worship. I miss your voice in, l warn to oe an angei, iur . . . 1 I , c nobody could sing it like you. j. miss you in my rides and walks. I miss you in the garden. I miss you everywhere; but I will try not to miss you in iieaven. -i n- ta. if we are eooa, win an angei wuiy come and take us to heaven when we die?' When the question was asked, how little did I think the angel was so near. But he did 'truly' come and the sweet flower is transDianted to a more genial clime. 'I do wish Daw would come home.' Vf ait a little while. Kittie, and papa will come. The iourney is not long. He will soon be 'home.' " S3T The grounds on which the appli cation was based where the same as in the case of Jno. L. Lea. After hearing the arguments of counsel, his Honor, Judge ltoDerston, iook ine case unaer aavise ment, and decided this morning in favor of admitting the applicant to bail in the sum of forty thousand dollars. This se curity, can of course, be easily obtained, and the Ex-Treasurer will soon be at large. It will be recollected that his defalcations amount up to the round sum of some $250,-000. Who would not be a defaulter nowadays? N. 0. Delta, April 11th. jCJT Tho Boston Courier sums up the results of the war in Europe thus: 1. Turkey Stripped and plundered. 2. Russia Unconquered, she triumphs. 3. France Her arms secured the allies' victories. 4. Austria Eating the oyster, awards the shells. 5. Sardinia Fighting for gold, she los es nothing. G. England Her prestige on land ana sea is lost. &3T A clergyman of a country village desired his clerk to give notice that there would he no service in the afternoon, as he was going to "officiate for another clergyman." The clerk, as soon as the sermon was ended, rose, with all due solemnity, and said: "I am desired to give notice there will be no service this afternoon, as Mr. L. is going a fishing with another cler gymanl" The congregation tittered. The clergyman explained. Science as a Detective. A keg of specie was recently emptied on the line of a Prussian railroad, and refilled with sand. A microscopio examination of the sand showed the particular station it came from. The field of detective inquiry, thus narrowed, was immediately occupied by the agents of the police, and the stolen treasure, in a short time, traced to one of the employees of the road. X3T There was a deacon in a town in New Hampshire by the name of Day by trade a cooper. One Snnday, he heard a number of boys playing in front of his house, and went out to stop their Sabbath breaking. Assuming a grave countenance, he said to them, "Boys do you know what day this is?" "Yes sir," immediately replied ono of the boys, "Deacon Day the cooper!'' JUT "Tom, you sot," said a temper ance man to a tipling friend, "what makes you drink such stuff as you do? why, the very hogs wouldn't touch that brandy." "That's cause they is brutes," said Tom. "Poor creatures, they donno what tgood. - , m- m- - - .... "lama s ranger In a srtango place," said a clergyman on entering a printing of fice ; ",ind you will be a stranger to a bet. place,'1 replied the typo, "if you do ter not practice closer what you preach, Inr-BRTiwEfiT. Lady (in fashionable dress) "Little boy, can I go through this pate to the river?" Boy. "Perhaps. . A load of hay went through this morning. He lives long that lives well; time mlssprnt is not lived, but lost. , nnd Inhabitants of the North. Few persons have known that so many ncoplo inhabit the cold coasU North of Washington Territory. It appears, from a full census of the tribes of the Pacific coast, that there are 15.1G0men, with their families living oil. that coast between the Territory of Wash-ington and the Russian possessions, in the latitude of 40 deg. and 64 deg. 40 min.-J ' these consists of 90 small Uibes and bandit-as recognized by the Hudson Bay traders. They hoye 1,88? houses, or fixed shelters possess 10,150 canoes capable of traver sing the cobsib, and are armed with 3,140 guns, the whole number of persons, of all ages and sexes, on this ooast, in 02,685. All those are supported and influenced id i the.ir feelings by the Hudson,! Bay Com- , nany, This does not include interior tribes' between the coast bands and the Rocky mountains. The 16,000 hardy hunteri that coast along the sea shore and inlets, support 16.171 females, and 32,363 chil dren. They also have 2,250 slaves, male and female, being persons who have beerj reduced td bondage by captivity. ( The Indian population of Washington Territory is 1 4,9 15, living in 339 lodges. Of these tribes LOGO are men, and but 1,- 003 women and childien. Oregon has a total population of but 6.0C8, of whom not over 1,500 can be viewed as warriors fit to-take the field at one and the tame fims. Nebraska is set down at 9.7G0 fighting men. There are 30,393 Indians of all ages in Kansaf!; 8,550 in Utah; and 62,-176 in the Indian colonies tbuih of Kan sas and vest of Arkansas. ' Judge Wilmot. Thepro-Blavery democrats of Judge Wilr mot's district have bitterly assailed hiu, of late, and prominent among the assailants' has been the Montrose Democrat. So extremely personal and vindictive were these assaults that the Judge brought an actiod for libel against the editor of the Democrat, and the Grand Jury having fmind a triiel bill, the editor, in his last number, incontinently backs down: "Judge Wiltriot feeli'rig that his official conduct and integrity has been assailed bf publications in our paper, we desire to say in justice to him, to the public ahdourself, that we did not intend to impugn the integrity of Judge Wilmot as a man, nor td charge upon him1 corruption!, partiality or political bias in the discharge of his responsible public duties. We have seen! nothing, nor do we know of anything, int tho conduct of Judge Wilmot, to warrant such a charge. "The publications complained b'f, were hastily and Inconsiderately written, and we regret anything therein contained reflecting upon the official integrity and conJ duct-of Judge Wilmot." . . . ;"LaUgh and grow fat," is a good philosophy for all to practice. So we append stutl' for a few smiles: "You'are a shoemaker?" said a magistrate, addressing a blacksmith. "Yes sir," was the reply, "a horse shoemaker." A negro hunting a coon in a tree, heard somethingh drop to the ground. "0, gol-la 1 massa," he said, "I looked tip and found it Was dN darkey. A. young lady beinjr told that her lover was suddenly killed, exclaimed, "Oh, that splendid gold watch of his!-give me that-: give me Something to remember him by 1' A courtier was praising an old lady for her beauty. "Beauty," said the ancient, "is incompatible with age." ''Pardon me," replied the flatterer, "we say beautiful as an angel, And of all created beingd, angels are the oldest." JT3T It was Cobbett who said(antl he told the truth, too,) that "Women were never so amiable,as when they are useful) and as for beauty, though men may fall in love with girls at play, there is nothing to make them stand to their lore like seeing them at work." t3r k lady made a complaint to Fred erick the Great, King of Prussia. "Your Majesty," said she; "my husband treats me badly." ''That Is none of my business," repiieu the King. "But he speaks ill of you," said the lady. "That,, he replied, "is none of your business." Viboinia Sixes Lookiko Up. The Vir gin ib papers are delighted to learn that "Virginia Sixes are look in c nn." Far good, but meantime Virginia politics, all at sixes and sevens', appear to be looking down ja. X. Herald. T One great secret of domestlo enioy- ment is too often overlooked that of bringing our wants down to our circumstance instead of toiling to bring out circumstaa cesup to our wants. HIT Time is the most nrecious. and vet the most brittle iewel we have; It is what every man bids largely for, when he wanto it, dui squanacra it away when he gets it. tit A Western paper hating stated that Judge Douglas was a man of "loots habits," Prentice replies that, on the co trary, he is often very "light." iMr. Beccher said that if twenty-five rifles eodld be raised on the spot, b would pledge twenty-6ve more from Plymouth Church." ' JOT Dante's famous line, "All boa abandon, ye who enter here!" hat bee' recommended as a motto for America' railroad cars. . . XiTTwo Loudon tailors once scat a Memorial to Parliament, which oommeace as follows: "Wi, tin people of j&yW." A Hint to Midici CwxAs.-rWbW the mind's diseaspj, it's frequently aot ktality a man wants so muoh as fresh tyPtmdt ' ' ' ' 1 v -f V .-i "it